Three-row family SUV earns highest rating in updated IIHS test

March 13, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The 2025 Nissan Pathfinder has been awarded the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK+ designation, marking the fourth consecutive year Pathfinder has received the organization’s highest safety rating. This recognition reflects Pathfinder’s exceptional safety features, even under IIHS’s increasingly stringent testing criteria.

“IIHS continues to raise the bar, and Pathfinder continues to meet it. Earning the top rating four years in a row solidifies Pathfinder’s reputation as a safe and dependable SUV for families,” said Vinay Shahani, senior vice president of U.S. marketing and sales, Nissan Americas. “This award recognizes our commitment to engineering vehicles that perform when it matters most.”

In 2024, IIHS updated its moderate overlap front crash test to include a second dummy simulating a small adult or 12-year-old child seated behind the driver. This test evaluates injury risk commonly experienced by second-row passengers. To earn the IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK designation, vehicles must achieve an “Acceptable” rating in this test, while a “Good” rating is required for the TOP SAFETY PICK+ designation.

To earn TOP SAFETY PICK+, vehicles must also achieve “Good” ratings in small overlap front and updated side impact tests, and “Acceptable” or “Good” ratings in pedestrian front crash prevention and come with standard acceptable- or good-rated headlights. The Pathfinder’s performance across these rigorous tests underscores its comprehensive suite of active and passive safety features.

The 2025 Nissan Pathfinder elevates family adventures with seating for up to eight, an available rugged Rock Creek grade and the highly equipped Platinum grade. Every Pathfinder features standard Nissan Safety Shield® 360 and class-exclusive Intelligent Forward Collision Warning¹. It also offers class-exclusive available Intelligent Around View® Monitor² for reassurance when parking, and ProPILOT Assist³ (SV, Rock Creek grades) and ProPILOT Assist with Navi-link (SL, Platinum) for simplified highway driving.

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What’s new

• Power liftgate newly standard on SV and Rock Creek grades.
• The new 2025 Pathfinder includes Nissan Maintenance Care program that provides up to 3 scheduled oil changes for the first two years or up to 24,000 miles¹.

Need to know

Design

• Enjoy premium features on Pathfinder Platinum including luxurious 20-inch alloy wheels, semi-aniline leather-appointed seats with quilting, ambient interior lighting, Bronze Metallic brushed interior trim and more.
• Conveniently tilt and slide EZ FLEX® second-row seats, even while a child safety seat is installed², with Nissan’s LATCH AND GLIDE® technology.
• Room for the entire family with seating for up to eight and up to 80.5 cubic feet of cargo room³.

Tech

• Seamless connectivity with standard Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™, available 9-inch touchscreen, up to six USB ports.
• Enjoy crisp, immersive sound for all on board with available Bose® 13-speaker premium audio system.
• Intuitive technology to simplify the drive, including available head-up display, 12.3-inch instrument cluster and Intelligent Around View® Monitor⁴.

Safety and driver assistance

• All grades have the reassurance of standard Nissan Safety Shield® 360¹.
• Simplified road trip withs ProPILOT Assist⁵ (SV, Rock Creek grades) and ProPILOT Assist with Navi-link⁹ (SL, Platinum) that combine steering assist and Intelligent Cruise Control⁶ to help with highway driving.

Performance

• Confidently tow with standard 3.5-liter V6 engine and towing rating of 3,500 pounds (S, SV, SL) or 6,000 pounds² (Rock Creek, Platinum; optional on SV and SL).
• Tackle varying weather and road conditions with available Intelligent 4WD featuring seven selectable driving modes.
• Rock Creek grade delivers capability for more rugged journeys with all-terrain tires, lifted off-road-tuned suspension and tubular roof rack.

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